Knitted fabric.



W. STAFFURD @L R. C. HOLT.

KNITTD FABRIC.

APPLlcATmN FILED SEPT. B. 1.915.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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ATTORNEYS i i .i PATE FFE@ WALTER STAFFORD 'AND ROBERT C. HOLT, 0F LITTLE FALLS, NEW YORK.

` KNITTED FABRIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led September V8, 1915. Serial N o. 49,616.

county of Herkimer and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improizements in Knitted Fabric; and We dov hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the reference numerals marked thereon,'which form part of this specification.

Our present invention relates to that class of knitted fabrics composed ofl a basic web and two series of fleecing threads other than the basic webl threads, and which fleecing threads are caught or laid into the basic web instead of being knitted into the stitches of said web.v

The purpose Aof our invention is to provide an improved fabric of the class described and one which is economical in manufacture, durable in use and well adapted for many general and special purposes.

A further lpurpose is to provide a fabric of the c ass described wherein one series ofeecing hreads projects in loops from one side only of the fabric and the other series of fleecing threads projects in loops from the other side only of the fabric.

Another purpose of our invention is to provide a fabric as describedl above wherein thefattached ends of both series of fleecing vthread loops are back of the Wales 4of the basic web, one series of fleecing loopsprojecting past said wales to the frontof the fabric and the other series passing in front of the connecting threads and through the meshes to the back of the fabric.

Further purposes and advantages of our invention will appear from the specification and claims herein.

Figure 1 is a View on a greatly enlarged scale of the front of a .portion of knitted fabric embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a, view on a similar scale of the-back of a por- ,tion of said fabric.

Fig. 3 is a view on a similar scale of the front of a portion. of-

said fabric with the back leecing threads removed.l Fi 4 is a View on a similar scale of the back-o a portion of said fabric with the front fleecing threads removed.

Referring to the drawings herein, it will' be seen that'the basic web of the fabric illustratedis the well-known simple plain web.

such asis commonly produced by a single l series or circle of needles all knitting at each feed with one thread. From the basic web thread 5 there are formed vertical rows of i stitches or wales 6 011 one side of the fabric these stitches are severally connected to 4their adjacent stitches in the same horizontal course by the said basic web thread 5 eX- tendlng horlzontally as connecting threads 7 which are located on the other side of the A fabric (hereina'fter'called theback side of the fabric).

The successive stitches of the basic fabric Paten-teu Apr. is, 191e.

ar`e lformedofthe-thread 5 in loops passing to the front of the fabric through the loop -of the vpreceding stitch and extending upwardly as shown in the drawings and there in turn receiving through its loop ina simi- V lar way the loop of a stitch in the next course of stitches. cent stitches -in the same'course` and their two` or upper end and lower connectingj threads 7 are left meshes 8 which are shown in the.|drawing in the usual exaggerated form.A

It will be evident that for a basic web many of those Well known in the art may be used without departing from the spirit of our. invention, but we consider the said plain basic web the preferred form of basic web for our complete fabric.

Between each two adjaby the fleecing thread 9 extending as connecting threads 11 back of the wales 6. It will manence to admittof the fabric be understood that in theactual fabric the wales 6 are closer together and the meshes relatively s'maller than shown in the draw ings so that the fleecing loops 1() when once formed remain in place with suiiicient perbeing used for many purposes.

\ The front iieecing loops 10 are illustrated as inclining upwardly in the drawings as that is the direction they apparently naturally assume'as the fabric is formed by our process of knitting. They may, however, be caused to incline the other way more or less if desired since it will be evident that a whole course of these loops maybe rolled over bodily as it were with their connecting threads turning inrthe fabric 'wthoutbending the loops, .the extent of such change of direction dependingl upon the closeness of formation of thefabric and the character of the threads used..

It will be noted that the front leecing loops come through vthe meshes 8 of.one course toward the upper endf(as viewed in the drawings) of said meshes and projecting'upwardly will overlap the front of the fabric thereabove more or less according to the length of saidloops. As illustrated said loops 10 substantially overlap the meshes 8 in the course next above the course of meshes from which said fieecing loops 10 project.

Formed from .another fieecing thread 12 and laid or caught 'into the .basic web but not knit into'the stitches thereof, is the other series of fleecing loops 13 hereafter called the back leecing loops because. they project from the back surface of the fabric.. These fleecing loops are in horizontall rows or courses and project through all or certain of -the meshes 8 between' the stitches in a horizontal course of stitchesof the basic web `but project from diierent courses than where the fronti vieecing loops `10.are located.

The back fleecing loops 13 are held in place in the basic web by the said fleecing thread 12-extending as connecting threads 14 between adjacent loops 13, in front of the connecting threads 7 of the basic web that is toward the front of the .fabric but,

back of the said connecting threads. 7 as they are seen inFigs. 2 and 4, and then back of the wales 6 that is toward the back of the fabric but in front of said wales 6, as they are seen i'n Figs. 2l and 4. It will be noted that while these back eecing threads come out from the meshes 8 of one course of stitches,.their connecting threads 14I pass upwardly, as viewed in the drawings and (as viewed in Figs. 2 and 4) back of the upper connecting threads 7 of the basic web and then in front (as viewed in Figs. 2 and 4) of the wales of the course next cover both surfaces of the fabric.

above `that from between which said back fleecing loops project. This results not only in the said back iieecing loops inclining downwardly-as illustrated in the drawings but holds them quite firmly in such downwardly inclined position. Tt will be obvious also that these loops are securely held into the Abasic web against accidental dis; placement. f

Tt will be noticed that the back fleecing loops v13come through the meshes 8 of o'ne horizontal course of stitches toward the upper end ofsaid meshes (as viewed in the drawings) and being inclined downwardly overlap the meshes from which they project more orjless according to the length of said loops.

Where, as shown in the drawings which we consider the preferred form, the different series of ieecing loops are arranged in alternate courses of stitches, it will result from the arrangement of the different series of fleecing loops just above mentioned that apparently both series overlap oneand the same courseof stitches land. leave alter-y nate courses uncovered'. This is true to the extent that decided ridges of leecing loops may be produced, but it will be understood that in actual fabric the distance between courses is soshort and the fleecing loops are made relatively longer and so effectively We have shown in the drawings relatively very large spaces `between the courses and short fleecing loops, in order to more clearly illustrate the structure of the/fabric as made'up of different threads and loops rather than to isuggest a fabric thick, compact, and deeply ieeced'on both sides as is the e'ect when 'the actual fabric is seen or handled. What we .claim as new and' desire to secure by Letters Patent is; l l.V A knit fabric comprising a basic web .with its wales on its front side and its connecting thread on`.the back side and two series of fleecing threads, one of said threads Alaid-into said basic web back ofsaid wales and projecting therepast in loops on the front side .of the fabric, theother thread formingprojecting loops on the back side of the fabric -and caught into the basic web4 by passing back of the wales and in front of the connecting` threads.

2. A. knit fabric comprising a basic web having wales on its front side and connecting threads on its back side and two series of fleecing threads, one series projecting in loops from between said wales and caught therebehind and the other seriesprojecting in loops from between said connecting threads and caught thereinfront but, back of the wales.

3. A knit fabric comprising a basic web having its wales on its front side and' its il ll et connecting threads on its back side and a In Witness whereof we have affixed our plurality of eecing threads, some of said signatures, in the presence of two Witnesses, 10 leecing threads projecting in loops from this 12th day of June, 1915.

between certain of said Wales and Caught o WALTER STAFFORD.

therebehind and the others projecting in -ROBERT C. HOLT. loops from between certain of said eonnecti Witnesses: t ing threads und caught thereinfront but REUBEN E. F ALING,

back of the Wales. l IRvIN W. GETMAN. 

